4/8 Kill: +$4 TSP = 6 Hours BB/Hr: 0.083 BB/Hr
Overall 4/8K (since 5/8): +$232 TSP = 15 Hrs BB/Hr: 1.93BB/Hr
Overall (since 5/8): +$232 TSP = 15 Hrs $/Hr: $15.46/Hr
As for my play lately I feel that I am playing at maybe 2.5 BB/hr not so much as the actual 1.7 BB/hr, hopefully I can improve this and get to an even 2 BB/hr.
Well, this was a pretty slow session, played for the longest time in a while. There were a lot of ups and down, but being that I didn’t run as spectactular as I did last session, (got ran down a couple of times at the end of the session that brought me down to +$4, was up about $50).
As far as mistakes go, yeah I still got a little bit nitty with 99 and the table was 5-handed. Nick was kinda steaming cause he wasn’t hitting with a couple big hands and I limped in UTG+1 w/ 99 Santi raised w/ AJ os and 4 callers. Flop was a bunch of blanks gets checked to the river and I should have raised PF and took the lead. I am still learning to translate the online to live. I have learned something new the last three sessions and I am feel that I am slowly but surely turning up the aggression.
Evidence of turned up aggression. I was giving no respect everyone’s (except Nick) raises PF.
Hero in Hijack w/ K:h:J:c:
PF:
1 limp, Hero limps, folded to SB who completes, BB raises, all call. (4 BBs)
Flop: 8 J 4 rainbow
SB checks, BB bets, 1 fold, Hero Raises, SB folds, BB calls. (6 BBs)
Turn: T (puts 2 flush on board)
BB checks, limper checks, Hero bets, BB calls, limper folds.(8 BBs)
River: 6 blank
BB checks, BB bets, BB calls (10 BBs)
Results:
BB shows A:s:8:s: for Pair of 8’s
Hero show K:h:J:c: for Pair of Jacks, and wins
Guys raised PF but he was a total donk and I wasn’t about to respect his range, he was the kind that over values the Ace-Rag.
Hand 2: More Aggression
Kill Pot Stakes are 8/16 now
Kill Blind is UTG, hero is UTG+1 w/ J:s:J:c:
Pre-Flop:
Hero first to act and raises to $16, Santi folds saying woah, 2 folds, Jordanian thin man calls, folded to BB who calls, and Kill Blind Calls. (4 BBs $64)
Flop: 8:c: K:d: 8:s:
Checked to hero, who bets $8, all fold.
Hero wins pots of (4.5 BBs) $72.
Played this hand sort of aggressive and it payed off. Obviously not the type of flop that favor JJ but I figure 1 of 2 things would happen: 1) I C-Bet and Get Raised, then Call hoping to snap a Jack on the turn, if not, check fold. Or 2? 2) I C-Bet and all fold, I rake it in. Luckily the latter happened.
I played another hand I guess sorta questionable, maybe a little too loose, but I figured it was early enough in the session that if I had to show down I would get a looser image and the table, namely Renato, the drunk guy in seat 3, point this hand out to the table.
Hero is in Hijack w/ A:h:5:h:
Pre-Flop:
2 flops, 2 limps, Hero limps, Santi Folds, SB folds, BB checks option. (4 SBs)
Flop: Q:h: 3:h: 5:c:
BB bets, limpers call, Hero raises, all call. (6 BBs)
Turn: 4:s: Now I have 3 outs to two pair, 2 out to trip 5s, 3 outs to the wheel, 9 outs to the nut flush. I figure roughly 15 clean outs, maybe the ace would give some one a higher two pair.
Check to hero who bets $8, BB calls, 1 fold, other limper calls.(9 BBs)
River: Blank don’t remember think it was a 9 or something like that.
All check, Hero shows A5 for a pair of fives, BB showed Ace high, limper mucked.
Was this too loose Pre-Flop?
Other Hands of Notes:
A:d:K:h < K8os runner runner straight.
A:c:Q:c: > 67os hit gutter on turn
A:s:K:s: < ?? Whiffed flop, folded turn in kill pot.
A:c:K:c: < T:s:8:s:
K:c:T:c: > Flop A:s: Q:c: J:c: turned flush w/ opened straight flush draw to royal. Jordanian man turned two pair.
But yeah, I guess pre-flop I ran fairly well, just couldn’t get any significant hands to hold. That AKos hand would have put my up 85 for the night instead came down to 4 bucks up.
Still gotta practice a bit more with the aggression and the questionable raising hands.
Next time, if I get a questionable hand like the 99 in MP raise, raise, raise.
Might play next week sometime don’t know when though. Possibly a trip to Silver Fox with my nine, or might make my first trip to Capitol which I have heard the swings are ridiculous.
$300 at Silver Fox for Aces Cracked. Enough Said. Probably not but we’ll see.
Apologies to Santi for biting his format, its just looks so clean.
Forgot profit from 5/8 session. (Quad 8s)
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
5/30 4/8 Kill Session: Running Better
So, as I had stated before I just wanted to run a little bit better, catch a few better starting hands. That ended up happening today.
As for my general thoughts on the session and my overall play: I like playing during the daytime, my session lasted 4 hours (2pm - 6pm) and I just felt awake and more in the game than when I play at night. I found that I shouldn't listen to music that much when I am playing because I distracts me too much, even when I am not in a hand. I originally thought that I was going to use the iPod today, however I decided to do more important things like constantly get inside the other player's heads to play along with them and adjust their starting hand range.
The players during the daytime, at least today, were very very passive and extremely loose. I don't know how many times that I saw someone limp with AKos, TT, AQs, AA, KK, and countless other premium preflop holdings. Although it was a little frustrating at first, I then became accustomed to this style of play.
My session was characterized by my big hands holding in a three kill pots, and my other hands hitting, and sometimes just picking up a pot with a C-Bet. All in all, I felt my play improving. Played my hands pretty fast, against these passive players, I felt like if I gave them the chance of checking they would take it, so the check raise was a little dulled by this.
A quick recap:
AA>KJ in Kill Pot Flop came Jack high, kept firing, never got raised
QQ>QJ in Kill Pot board was Jack high, kept firing, got paid off by river top pair
AA>KK in Monstrous Kill Pot Flopped Set of Aces, Turned a boat, Raised turn, got paid on river
J5os>KJ in Kill Pot, At this point I ran the table over for about 20 minutes, kept the kill going for 4 hands in a row and 6 hands total during this span.
33>JT Flopped Set villain rivered 2 pair
KQs>KQ Turned Flush, Flopped top pair w/ 2 flush, turned the flush, didn't get called
This was not without error however, I made a couple of mistakes which I semi-reget.
Mistake 1:
Hero is in CO w/ Ah8h two players limped in so I limped, button folds SB completes, BB checks option.
Flop: Ac 6h 4d
SB leads out, called by one limper, Hero calls
Turn: 7s
SB leads, limper calls, Hero calls,
River: 7d
SB leads, limper folds (had no clue what this guy was playing), Hero calls.
Results: SB shows Ad7h for full house.
I guess that I should limp A8s in with position, I should have raised the flop.
Was this standard? Do I have to call this down. I put him on any Ace, and with the river pairing, I thought that Aces up was good.
Mistake 2: Was this a mistake or am I just married to the hand.
Villain 1: is younger Asian girl who has a pretty good stack and has been pretty lucky all session hitting two pair, and rivering straights and flushes like they were going out of style.
Hero in BB with 9h8d
1 limper, Villain 1 limps, folded to CO who calls and Button who calls, SB completes, Hero checks option.
Flop: 9d 8h 5s
SB checks, Hero bets $4, first limper folds, Villain 1 calls, CO calls, button and SB fold.
Turn: Tc
Hero (now worried) bets $8, Villain 1 raises to $16 CO folds, Hero calls,
River: 3c
Hero checks, Villain 1 bets $8, Hero calls.
Results:
Villain 1 shows QsJs for straight
Hero shows 98 for two pair
Came to realize that she didn't raise as a semi-bluff, or when she was drawing, which was great. That meant that I could throw a away a hand against her I if felt that I was beat. I did end up doing so later on in the session.
Here are some HH's:
Kill Pot (8/16)
Hero is in BB w/ AsAc
Preflop:
Villain 1 is older Asian man kinda passive, plays solid starting hands though.
2 limpers, Villain 1 in CO calls, SB completes to $8, Hero raises to $16, all call. (5BBs)
Flop: Ah Kh 9s
SB checks, Hero bets $8, 1 limper calls, Villain 1 calls, SB calls. (7BBs)
Turn: 9c
SB checks, Hero bets $16, limper folds, Villain 1 raises to $32 (thought he might have 99 but Aces Cracked was still running), SB folds, Hero re-raises, Villain 1 calls. (13BBs)
River: 4s
Hero bet $16, Villain 1 calls after debating for a while. (15BBs)
Results:
Villain 1 shows KK for Kings full of nines
Hero shows AA for Aces full of nines ($240 pot)
Actually got a cool picture of my stack as well, which was a first for me.
Ended the session up $400 @ 12.5 BB/hr. Just gotta keep running gooooood!!!
As for my general thoughts on the session and my overall play: I like playing during the daytime, my session lasted 4 hours (2pm - 6pm) and I just felt awake and more in the game than when I play at night. I found that I shouldn't listen to music that much when I am playing because I distracts me too much, even when I am not in a hand. I originally thought that I was going to use the iPod today, however I decided to do more important things like constantly get inside the other player's heads to play along with them and adjust their starting hand range.
The players during the daytime, at least today, were very very passive and extremely loose. I don't know how many times that I saw someone limp with AKos, TT, AQs, AA, KK, and countless other premium preflop holdings. Although it was a little frustrating at first, I then became accustomed to this style of play.
My session was characterized by my big hands holding in a three kill pots, and my other hands hitting, and sometimes just picking up a pot with a C-Bet. All in all, I felt my play improving. Played my hands pretty fast, against these passive players, I felt like if I gave them the chance of checking they would take it, so the check raise was a little dulled by this.
A quick recap:
AA>KJ in Kill Pot Flop came Jack high, kept firing, never got raised
QQ>QJ in Kill Pot board was Jack high, kept firing, got paid off by river top pair
AA>KK in Monstrous Kill Pot Flopped Set of Aces, Turned a boat, Raised turn, got paid on river
J5os>KJ in Kill Pot, At this point I ran the table over for about 20 minutes, kept the kill going for 4 hands in a row and 6 hands total during this span.
33>JT Flopped Set villain rivered 2 pair
KQs>KQ Turned Flush, Flopped top pair w/ 2 flush, turned the flush, didn't get called
This was not without error however, I made a couple of mistakes which I semi-reget.
Mistake 1:
Hero is in CO w/ Ah8h two players limped in so I limped, button folds SB completes, BB checks option.
Flop: Ac 6h 4d
SB leads out, called by one limper, Hero calls
Turn: 7s
SB leads, limper calls, Hero calls,
River: 7d
SB leads, limper folds (had no clue what this guy was playing), Hero calls.
Results: SB shows Ad7h for full house.
I guess that I should limp A8s in with position, I should have raised the flop.
Was this standard? Do I have to call this down. I put him on any Ace, and with the river pairing, I thought that Aces up was good.
Mistake 2: Was this a mistake or am I just married to the hand.
Villain 1: is younger Asian girl who has a pretty good stack and has been pretty lucky all session hitting two pair, and rivering straights and flushes like they were going out of style.
Hero in BB with 9h8d
1 limper, Villain 1 limps, folded to CO who calls and Button who calls, SB completes, Hero checks option.
Flop: 9d 8h 5s
SB checks, Hero bets $4, first limper folds, Villain 1 calls, CO calls, button and SB fold.
Turn: Tc
Hero (now worried) bets $8, Villain 1 raises to $16 CO folds, Hero calls,
River: 3c
Hero checks, Villain 1 bets $8, Hero calls.
Results:
Villain 1 shows QsJs for straight
Hero shows 98 for two pair
Came to realize that she didn't raise as a semi-bluff, or when she was drawing, which was great. That meant that I could throw a away a hand against her I if felt that I was beat. I did end up doing so later on in the session.
Here are some HH's:
Kill Pot (8/16)
Hero is in BB w/ AsAc
Preflop:
Villain 1 is older Asian man kinda passive, plays solid starting hands though.
2 limpers, Villain 1 in CO calls, SB completes to $8, Hero raises to $16, all call. (5BBs)
Flop: Ah Kh 9s
SB checks, Hero bets $8, 1 limper calls, Villain 1 calls, SB calls. (7BBs)
Turn: 9c
SB checks, Hero bets $16, limper folds, Villain 1 raises to $32 (thought he might have 99 but Aces Cracked was still running), SB folds, Hero re-raises, Villain 1 calls. (13BBs)
River: 4s
Hero bet $16, Villain 1 calls after debating for a while. (15BBs)
Results:
Villain 1 shows KK for Kings full of nines
Hero shows AA for Aces full of nines ($240 pot)
Actually got a cool picture of my stack as well, which was a first for me.
Ended the session up $400 @ 12.5 BB/hr. Just gotta keep running gooooood!!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Feeling I am Ready to Run Better
Well, the last few session have be marred by cold cards and bad plays, hopefully tomorrow I will venture up to the Creek and play a bit. I have always wondered what would happen if I started to run better/well. I am hoping to hit an upswing.
I have been playing fairly well online, making money at the micros, and the same types of players are at the 4/8 table. I just want to be able to translate what I do online into live play.
Hopefully I can start an upswing tomorrow and have my good hands hold and my draws come in.
Basically what I am saying is that I feel that I am capable of playing way better, just hope I can get the cards to do it.
I have been playing fairly well online, making money at the micros, and the same types of players are at the 4/8 table. I just want to be able to translate what I do online into live play.
Hopefully I can start an upswing tomorrow and have my good hands hold and my draws come in.
Basically what I am saying is that I feel that I am capable of playing way better, just hope I can get the cards to do it.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Welcome to Antarctica: Not Running So Good (5/18)
So last nite was a bit of a waste. 4/8 Kill was no good to me. All I can say is that I have never, ever ran so f-ing frigid.
I am not exaggerating when I say that in 5 hours I did not win one pot. That's right I went "O-fer". Against all those horrible players at my table, I am not happy to say the least.
I played a total of 5 friggin hands outside of my blinds in 5 hours and all of them got cracked. Yeah not even 1 Big Blind special, what the hell? At this table full of super donks, one extremely tight player, I am talking extremely tight, and I sort of TAG-ish guy, all I need to do was hit one hand I would be paid off. It seem that everyone was calling down w/ their missed draws and bottom pair on their 2 pair draw.
Am I just a slave to variance? I have never seen cards with icicles attached to them, or coming out of the dealers hand with a Hungry Man Mega Meal Frozen dinner stuck to them.
I am friggin heated. TFong, now, in retrospect, I am pissed. I am still in shock. My bankroll took a hit. But look at it this way, I didn't make stupid plays OOP, cold call any raises, or get frustrated and start playing cards that I shouldn't. What I am trying to say is that I kept my discipline and tried to wait it out, it just didn't happen last night.
JJ < QJos for a straight, TT<62os for flopped trips (on button), AKs < QTos for a straight, AKos whiffs flop < 75os for bottom pair. KQs < J5os for bottom pair.
Yeah so that was my night. I didn't run ridiculously well like Mr. Santi, nice work.
But I will use this as learning experience and capitalized on my failures.
Things that I learned from my session.
2 Watered Down Cokes - $2
Wasted time waiting for cards w/ Uber-donks - 5 hours
Little Hit to Bankroll
Learning the phrase "Table Change" - Priceless
I don't want to become one of those superstitious players, it is just something that you have to do sometimes. Just change it up a little bit. Maybe open my range of starting hands just a little bit. Hell, I might even try a new venue.
As for playing live, I am done for now, partly because I am sooooo pissed at myself, and at the cards. I will be working on my game online for the next month or so, trying to get another 5000 hands under my belt.
Yeah, so now I have a new rule to added to my game: "If I haven't won a pot in 1 hr, I want a table change."
Seems fair don't you think.
So, this is the Iceman signing off.
And for you clones out there...
"GOOD NIGHT NOW!!!!"
I am not exaggerating when I say that in 5 hours I did not win one pot. That's right I went "O-fer". Against all those horrible players at my table, I am not happy to say the least.
I played a total of 5 friggin hands outside of my blinds in 5 hours and all of them got cracked. Yeah not even 1 Big Blind special, what the hell? At this table full of super donks, one extremely tight player, I am talking extremely tight, and I sort of TAG-ish guy, all I need to do was hit one hand I would be paid off. It seem that everyone was calling down w/ their missed draws and bottom pair on their 2 pair draw.
Am I just a slave to variance? I have never seen cards with icicles attached to them, or coming out of the dealers hand with a Hungry Man Mega Meal Frozen dinner stuck to them.
I am friggin heated. TFong, now, in retrospect, I am pissed. I am still in shock. My bankroll took a hit. But look at it this way, I didn't make stupid plays OOP, cold call any raises, or get frustrated and start playing cards that I shouldn't. What I am trying to say is that I kept my discipline and tried to wait it out, it just didn't happen last night.
JJ < QJos for a straight, TT<62os for flopped trips (on button), AKs < QTos for a straight, AKos whiffs flop < 75os for bottom pair. KQs < J5os for bottom pair.
Yeah so that was my night. I didn't run ridiculously well like Mr. Santi, nice work.
But I will use this as learning experience and capitalized on my failures.
Things that I learned from my session.
2 Watered Down Cokes - $2
Wasted time waiting for cards w/ Uber-donks - 5 hours
Little Hit to Bankroll
Learning the phrase "Table Change" - Priceless
I don't want to become one of those superstitious players, it is just something that you have to do sometimes. Just change it up a little bit. Maybe open my range of starting hands just a little bit. Hell, I might even try a new venue.
As for playing live, I am done for now, partly because I am sooooo pissed at myself, and at the cards. I will be working on my game online for the next month or so, trying to get another 5000 hands under my belt.
Yeah, so now I have a new rule to added to my game: "If I haven't won a pot in 1 hr, I want a table change."
Seems fair don't you think.
So, this is the Iceman signing off.
And for you clones out there...
"GOOD NIGHT NOW!!!!"
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Adjusting to Live Play 6 Months Removed
Well, so it has been 6 months since I had last played live in a cardroom and dam I sucked it up pretty bad. Although I had a winning session, I made three horrible plays. Basically this post will be me bashing myself in the head for some all the stupid plays that I made and the money that I could of won.
For the last 5 months or so I have been strictly an online player due to school constraints and time restrictions in the like. I have taken the time to learn/get a grasp on the micro-limits on PokerStars. I have only 5000 hands under my belt and I have improved my play drastically so I thought I would try to translate this to live action.
However, last Tuesday (5/8), I made my first trip up to the new poker room at Cache Creek which was my first live session since last Thanksgiving a Chumash Indian Casino in Solvang, CA. Nice room, terrible players. I vegetated for 2 hours, dragged 1 pot with TPGK and then left down 1BB. Anyways, I digress. Upon arriving, I sat 3/6 for 1 orbit before I was called for 4/8 Kill.
I sat down and made the mistake of not telling the dealer that I was going to wait for the button so I posted the into the BB. Dumb move, save $6 next time.
Drastic Error No.1: Being a NIT. Quad 8's
It was my third or so orbit at the table and it was pretty loose with Nick (TAG) in seat 6, TFong (TAG) in seat 1 and Brian the Echopheen guitarist in seat 7 (LAG-MANIAC)
I am not going to run down hand I will direct you to Nik's Blog:
http://niksanti11.blogspot.com/2007/05/session-no-6-tuesday-night-58-part-iii.html
I played like the girl on the cover of the Swiss Miss box. Flopped bottom set vs. top two pair vs. 2 flush draws as well as a straight draw and failed to raised the turn when a blank hit. "Take that shit to Valuetown." I could have easily taken 4-6 more BB's on that hand and then when I made quads on the river another 3BB's at least. Yeah so I suck.
Drastic Error No.2: Not Value Betting w/ Top Two pair and a Flush Board
AQos in the CO and I raise preflop get 2 callers. Flop is A73 rainbow (1 diamond) check to me and I bet 2 calls. Turn is the Qd checked to me and I bet 2 callers. River is another diamond checked to me who checks to showdown top two lame. Another value bet missed.
Drastic Error No.3: Making a Hero Laydown
Had no clue what these were until Tuesday, thanks to Santi. In the CO again w/ KJos and it is folded to me so I open and get 3 callers. flop is Jack high w/ 2 spades big blind bets out gets folded to me I pop it, big blind (Feliz) just called turn is another spade Feliz checks I bet he calls. River is another spade he bets out and I fold it like an idiot. He used my own style of play against me know that I wouldn't call if another spade hit on the river. I should have called and showed it down. If he had the spade then oh well I lose 1BB, but by folding I lose all the bets in the pot. Stupid move.
For next time I will play more like a play online, more aggressive be a little more liberal with my calls from the Big Blind w/ suited cards especially gap suited connectors.
For the last 5 months or so I have been strictly an online player due to school constraints and time restrictions in the like. I have taken the time to learn/get a grasp on the micro-limits on PokerStars. I have only 5000 hands under my belt and I have improved my play drastically so I thought I would try to translate this to live action.
However, last Tuesday (5/8), I made my first trip up to the new poker room at Cache Creek which was my first live session since last Thanksgiving a Chumash Indian Casino in Solvang, CA. Nice room, terrible players. I vegetated for 2 hours, dragged 1 pot with TPGK and then left down 1BB. Anyways, I digress. Upon arriving, I sat 3/6 for 1 orbit before I was called for 4/8 Kill.
I sat down and made the mistake of not telling the dealer that I was going to wait for the button so I posted the into the BB. Dumb move, save $6 next time.
Drastic Error No.1: Being a NIT. Quad 8's
It was my third or so orbit at the table and it was pretty loose with Nick (TAG) in seat 6, TFong (TAG) in seat 1 and Brian the Echopheen guitarist in seat 7 (LAG-MANIAC)
I am not going to run down hand I will direct you to Nik's Blog:
http://niksanti11.blogspot.com/2007/05/session-no-6-tuesday-night-58-part-iii.html
I played like the girl on the cover of the Swiss Miss box. Flopped bottom set vs. top two pair vs. 2 flush draws as well as a straight draw and failed to raised the turn when a blank hit. "Take that shit to Valuetown." I could have easily taken 4-6 more BB's on that hand and then when I made quads on the river another 3BB's at least. Yeah so I suck.
Drastic Error No.2: Not Value Betting w/ Top Two pair and a Flush Board
AQos in the CO and I raise preflop get 2 callers. Flop is A73 rainbow (1 diamond) check to me and I bet 2 calls. Turn is the Qd checked to me and I bet 2 callers. River is another diamond checked to me who checks to showdown top two lame. Another value bet missed.
Drastic Error No.3: Making a Hero Laydown
Had no clue what these were until Tuesday, thanks to Santi. In the CO again w/ KJos and it is folded to me so I open and get 3 callers. flop is Jack high w/ 2 spades big blind bets out gets folded to me I pop it, big blind (Feliz) just called turn is another spade Feliz checks I bet he calls. River is another spade he bets out and I fold it like an idiot. He used my own style of play against me know that I wouldn't call if another spade hit on the river. I should have called and showed it down. If he had the spade then oh well I lose 1BB, but by folding I lose all the bets in the pot. Stupid move.
For next time I will play more like a play online, more aggressive be a little more liberal with my calls from the Big Blind w/ suited cards especially gap suited connectors.
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